The hype is not about strong woman but the Min-Min chemistry :)

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We are all extremely wary of K-drama serial killers aren't we.

Yes, there were like three parts of the last Strong Woman show:
There was the cute girl with the hidden superpowers - that was super fun!
Then there was the perverted serial killer ... made it a bit hard to share this "fun" show with your kids.
And then there were strong elements of homophobia - I was almost thinking "are they trying to demonstrate that just because there is a strong woman on the show, you can take it easy, we are not progressive, because gays are depicted as idiots"?

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Never knew a day would come when we would all agree that drug dealers are better than serial killers.

It's not quite the same, but while I do not put cannabis on a par with more deadly drugs, I have known users enough to find cannabis utterly unfunny, and the way a lot of people can't stop giggling whenever cannabis is mentioned just makes me sick.
Maybe my feelings are more like some people feel about alcohol, if they have had someone close to them who got cheerful but dumb and irresponsible when under the influence ... too often. I just associate cannabis with people who could be interesting to be with but are suddenly dumb, could have an intense presence but are suddenly not there at all, could make appointments and kind of keep them and now you could just as well make an appointment with the wheather.
And I'd like to express my feelings in a gif I normally reserve for answers to "You should smile more":
https://media.giphy.com/media/L9Yfd9T3m0GPWAynFl/giphy.gif

Drugs and even alcohol peddling, use and addiction as drama subjects are definitely triggering ... sad but true these days we all have IRL seen, heard or experienced horror stories of drug and alcohol abuse.

Initially the casual use of alcohol in all K-dramas was very unsettling and triggering for me. I now just treat is as a trope but sometimes the mask slips. In Bo-ra! Deborah the FL is diagnosed with alcocholic gastritis, however it is glossed over and not mentioned again. I love both Yoo In-na and Hyun-min Yoon but after that my enjoyment of the drama considerably dipped.

Ha ha ha !! Yes keep the pretty and cute aspects.

I don’t know about this show in particular, but I was actually just bemoaning to @manichan about how stressful of a time it must be in the industry.

Dramas are being delayed and even dropped completely left, right, and center. The industry, just like Hollywood, is struggling from productions spending more than they can afford and scrambling to try and stop losing so much money. With how much streaming has shaken things up, along with the tumultuous nature of foreign investment and the state of the global economy in general, I expect we’ll see even more of this. I feel bad for productions without high-profile casts and crews lately—and even those don’t seem to be a guarantee.

I’ve noticed that lots of dramas these days seem to be filmed even an entire year in advance of broadcast because the channels don’t have anywhere to put them because they’ve cut all their weekday timeslots and are trying to cram everything into the weekend where they’ll likely get higher ratings. Long gone are the days of the live-shoot! It’s so common to see autumn leaves while watching a drama in July now. This was already starting to happen after the updated labor laws a few years ago, but it has become even more pronounced now.

I think the next few years will definitely be interesting in dramaland.

I am only here for the OG cameo LOL!